Early Childhood Education (Non-licensure), BS

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MAJOR CODE: 3585

The Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education (BS ECE) is fully online and allows students who complete the AAS in Early Childhood Education at UAFS or an Arkansas two-year institution to move seamlessly to the completion of the BS ECE. Note: the awarded BS ECE does not lead to teacher licensure.

Freshman Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

ECD 1003 - Foundations Of Early Childhood Education Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECD 1103 - Child Growth And Development Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECED 1401 - Early Childhood Field Experience I Credit Hours: 1 ²
SPCH 1203 - Introduction To Speech Communication Credit Hours: 3
English Composition requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Mathematics requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Freshman Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

ECTC 2803 - Infant Toddler Curriculum Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2903 - Future Perspectives In Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3 ²
HLTH 2953 - First Aid Credit Hours: 3
English Composition requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
History/Government requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Sophomore Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

ECED 1411 - Early Childhood Field Experience II Credit Hours: 1 ²
ECTC 2403 - Math And Science For Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2503 - Child Guidance Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2703 - Preschool Curriculum (Birth - Pre-K) Credit Hours: 3 ²
ELML 2013 - Educational Technology And Digital Literacy Credit Hours: 3 ²
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Sophomore Year Spring Semester - 13 Hours

ECED 2093 - Health, Safety, And Nutrition For Young Learners Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2303 - Literacy And Language Arts For Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2603 - Practicum Credit Hours: 3 ²
FIN 1521 - Personal Finance Applications Credit Hours: 1 ⁴
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Junior Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

EDUC 2783 - Introduction To Educational Foundations Credit Hours: 3 ²
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Lab Science requirement Credit Hours: 4 ¹
Elective Credit Hours: 3 ⁵

Junior Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

ELML 3013 - Educational Psychology Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
ELML 3103 - Practicum I Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
ELML 3203 - Introduction To Assessment Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
ELML 3303 - Learning Environments Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
READ 3303 - Foundations Of Teaching Reading And Writing Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}

Senior Year Fall Semester - 14 Hours

EDUC 4401 - Integrating Health And Physical Education Credit Hours: 1 ^{2, 3}
SPED 3003 - Teaching Diverse Learners Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
Lab Science requirement Credit Hours: 4 ¹
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵

Senior Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

ECED 3303 - Early Childhood Administration Credit Hours: 3 ²
HIST 4153 - History Of Arkansas Credit Hours: 3
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵

120 Total Hours

At least 40 hours must be upper level.

Notes

General Education Core Requirements, see General Education Core requirements section of this catalog for courses that meet these requirements.
These courses are used to determine major GPA. see Graduation Requirements section of this catalog.
Requires admission to School of Education non-licensure track.
Prior to graduation students must demonstrate competency in financial literacy by satisfactory completion of FIN 1521 (or an approved substitution) with a grade of C or better, or by a score of 70% or more on a challenge exam for FIN 1521 .
Electives, 18 hours. At least 15 hours must be upper-level (3000-4000) courses to ensure completion of 40 upper-level hours.